DSME delivers EEE-type number four: MARIE MAERSK (18,270 teu)

EEE-4 at Okpo, scheduled to sail to bunker in Russia on 27 October / Credit: Vladimir Tonic

Maersk Line is to take delivery this week of the 18,270 teu MARIE MAERSK from South Korea’s DSME shipyard. The vessel is the fourth unit in the carrier’s series of 20 ultra-large triple-E container ships and it will phase into Maersk’s ‘AE10’ Far East to Europe and Baltic Sea service, where it is to replace the 15,500 teu EUGEN MAERSK.

Before phase-in, the ship will perform a bunkering trip to Vostochniy to take advantage of the lower prices of heavy fuel oil in the Russian Northeast.

The MARIE MAERSK is 399.00 m long and 59.00 m (23 rows) wide. The ship is powered by a fully redundant twin-engine, twin-propeller and twin-rudder propulsion system. Two MAN B&W 8S80ME-C 9.2 engines, each fitted with an exhaust gas economizer, provide an MCR of 29,680 kW per unit and drive the ship at a moderate service speed of 22 knots. The EEE-series’ reefer capacity has not been disclosed but it is estimated at around 1,800 units.